Systems and methods of generating an interactive graphical user interface that represents a room for viewing on a user device. The aspects include: receiving from the user device inputs regarding speakers and a seat arrangement with a primary seat; determining a first arrangement of the speakers at a primary seat configuration that provides for a higher level of audio at the primary seat than at a remainder of the seats; determining a second arrangement of the speakers at an optimizer configuration that provides for the audio to achieve a highest average level across the seats; receiving from the user device an audio selection input of a desired audio configuration for the room; determining selected positions for the speakers within the room based on the audio selection input; generating an interactive graphical user interface that represents the room and comprises the speakers at the selected positions and the seat arrangement; and outputting the graphical user interface to a display of a user device.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the audio at the primary seat in the primary seat configuration.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising positioning side speakers a predetermined distance in front of the primary seat in the primary seat configuration.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a seat zone that extends around a perimeter of the seats and positioning the speakers outside of the seat zone in the optimized configuration.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising interpolating between the primary seat configuration and the optimizer configuration and determining the selected positions for the speakers within the room in the third arrangement.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a wall constraint to the speakers and preventing the speakers from being positioned within a predetermined distance from a wall of the room.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising in the second arrangement positioning the speakers outside of a seat zone that is defined by outer edges of the seat arrangement.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the first arrangement of the speakers within the room that provides for a highest audio level at the primary seat and lower audio levels at the remainder of seats.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the second arrangement of the speakers that provides for the audio to be highest at the primary seat.
15. The method of claim 11, further comprising positioning ceiling speakers farther away from the primary seat in the second arrangement than in the first arrangement.
Cooperative Patent Classification codes for this invention. Click any code to explore related patents in that topic.
October 24, 2022
June 20, 2023
Browse 5M+ US patents with plain-English claim translations and AI-generated analysis.